Unit 1 Good Friends
Teaching aims and demands:
a. Achieve language skills and related knowledge about the topic of friends and friendship;
b. Learn to express likes and dislikes and make apologies:
c. Vocabulary in this unit:
the words and expressions listed on the teacher’s book
d. Grammar:
Direct and indirect speech
Lesson 1
Step 1 Presentation and discussion (warm-up)
Put some new words on the blackboard and tell them something about a friend.
Kind honest brave loyal happy wise strong
beautiful handsome rich smart funny
Then ask some questions around the class and discuss with them.
What should a good friend be like?
What qualities should a good friend have?
Should they be funny, smart and strong?
Step 2 Reading
Ask the students to read the dialogue in the part SPEAKING. Ask some questions:
1.What doesn’t John like?
2.What does Joe think of music and skiing?
And then fill in the form on page 3.
Then ask the students to express their ideas freely. Encourage the students to say more about friends.
Step 3
Listening
Ask the students to listen to the tape and fill in the blanks in the listening part.
Step 4 Talking/Practice
Ask the students to page 85. Make a similar dialogue as in exercise 2.
Some useful expressions :
Why did you…? Why didn’t you…? You said that you would…
Please forgive me. You promised to … I’m very sorry… It won’t happen again. I forgot.
Step 5 Homework
Finish Exercise 3 in the workbook.
Lesson2
Step1 Revision
Ask several students to present a speech about friends as a revision.
Step 2 Pre-reading
Present the students a picture to illustrate the situation on a lonely island. Ask them to list three items in the box and ask them to give the reasons using the sentences listed on page3.
Step 3 Reading
Before asking the students to read the text, first give the students a brief introduction about Tom Hanks, his films and the film Cast Away.
Then students read the text, and answer the following questions.
1.How does Chuck Noland come to a deserted island?
2. In order to survive on the island alone, what does he need to learn?
3. What does he understand at last?
4. For us, what lesson we can learn from Chuck?
At the same time explain the language points if necessary.
Step 4 Post-reading
Discuss the following questions in the Part POST-READING.
Step 5 Homework
Prepare a talk about Tom Hanks or something about one of his film.
Lesson3
Step 1 Revision
Get the students to give a talk about Tom Hanks or something about one of his films.
Step 2 Language Study
Ask the students fill in the blanks with proper words.
Step 3 Grammar
Illustrate to the students the use of Direct and Indirect Speech.
Then ask the students to do the exercise in the Part Grammar on P5.
Step 4 Practice
Ask the students to act the exercise2 in the part Grammar out.
Step 5 Homework
Ask the students to finish the exercise2 in their workbook.
Lesson4
Step 1 Revision
Check the homework.
Step 2 Presentation
Present simples of e-mail to get the students a general idea of e-mail.
Step 3 Explanation
Tell the students some tips of writing an e-mail by learn the above e-mail simple.
Step 4 Writing
Ask the students to write an e-mail message.
Step 5 Homework
Ask the students to try to write an e-mail to their e-pal.
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